Micropholcommatidae

Taxonavigation

Taphiassa punctata (male)

Taxonavigation: Archaeoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Archaeoidea

Familia: Micropholcommatidae
Subfamiliae (3): Gigiellinae - Micropholcommatinae - Taphiassinae

Overview of genera (18)

Algidiella – Austropholcomma – Eperiella – Epigastrina – Eterosonycha – Gigiella – Guiniella – Micropholcomma – Normplatnicka – Olgania – Pua – Raveniella – Rayforstia – Taliniella – Taphiassa – Tinytrella – Tricellina – †Cenotextricella

Name

• Micropholcommatidae Hickman, 1944
  • Type genus: Micropholcomma Crosby & Bishop, 1927

References

primary references

• Hickman, V.V. 1944: On some new Australian Apneumonomorphae with notes on their respiratory system. Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1944: 179–195.

selected references

• Rix, M.G.; Harvey, M.S. 2010: The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. ZooKeys, 36: 1-321. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.36.306

additional references

• Forster, R.R. 1959: The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 86: 269-329. PDF
• Penney, D. et al. 2007: First fossil Micropholcommatidae (Araneae), imaged in Eocene Paris amber using X-Ray Computed Tomography. Zootaxa, 1623: 47-53. Abstract & excerpt
• Rix, M.G.; Harvey, M.S.; Roberts, J.D. 2008: Molecular phylogenetics of the spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae) using nuclear rRNA genes (18S and 28S). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 46: 1031-1048. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.001
• Schütt, K. 2003: Phylogeny of Symphytognathidae s.l. (Araneae, Araneoidea). Zoologica scripta, 32: 129-151. doi: 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00103.x

links

• Australian Faunal Directory